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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.educause.edu/mwrc&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;MWRC logo&quot; height=&quot;47&quot; src=&quot;http://www.educause.edu/elements/images/highlights/mwrc.gif&quot; width=&quot;115&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.educause.edu/mwrc08&quot; title=&quot;:http://www.educause.edu/swrc08&quot;&gt;2008 Midwest Regional Conference&lt;/a&gt;, &amp;quot;New Directions in Higher Ed IT: Navigating the Course While Still Drawing the Map,&amp;quot; will be held March 17&amp;#8211;19 in Chicago. View the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.educause.edu/Program/13795&quot; title=&quot;:http://www.educause.edu/Program/13569&quot;&gt;program&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.educause.edu/Registration/13840&quot; title=&quot;:http://www.educause.edu/Registration/13613&quot;&gt;register&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; by February &lt;/strong&gt;19&lt;/strong&gt; to save money with low early-bird rates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The conference will focus on these topic areas:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Collaborate from Where You Are &lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;IT Agility for a Constantly Changing Environment &lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;IT Infrastructure: Adding Value and Helping Organizations Achieve Their Strategic Objectives &lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Technology to Support Learning &lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Libraries, Information Resources, and Literacy &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(New!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;Corporate and Campus Solutions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Keynote Speakers&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;	&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Susan E. Metros&lt;/strong&gt;, Deputy CIO &amp;amp; Associate Vice Provost, University of Southern California, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.educause.edu/MWRC08/Program/13797?PRODUCT_CODE=MWRC08/GS01&quot;&gt;Challenging IT Leaders to Mashup, Twitter, Tag, and Poke: New IT Strategies for a Digital Society&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;	&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bradley Wheeler&lt;/strong&gt;, Vice President for Information Technology &amp;amp; CIO and Professor of Information Systems, Kelley School of Business (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.educause.edu/MWRC08/Program/13797?PRODUCT_CODE=MWRC08/GS02&quot;&gt;Topic TBA&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.educause.edu/PreconferenceSeminars/13796?HEADING=Preconference%20Seminars&amp;amp;INCLUDE=SEM&quot; title=&quot;:http://www.educause.edu/12201&amp;amp;HEADING=Half-day Preconference Seminars&amp;amp;INCLUDE=SEM&quot;&gt;Half-day preconference seminars&lt;/a&gt; will offer a close look at important current issues, such as essential privacy practices, rendering animations and images for more dynamic courses, and using communication as an effective leadership strategy.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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